How Quiet Helps At School (1953)

 

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How Quiet Helps At School

Length: 10 Minutes | Produced:1953

This bizarre social guidance film focuses on the problem of discipline in the classroom, and also is a splendid example of conformity in 1950s America. First disruptive classroom behavior is explored in detail. A naughty classroom is shown as an example of public education with no classroom rules. The creepy narrator asks rhetorical questions such as You couldnt be proud to be part of such a noisy room, could you? Then the film gets really weird as the viewer is shown a room full of children that is as quiet as a library, and the teacher, Mrs. Bradley, comments that this works better because it is like an office. Eerily silent, the class proceeds with no cause to manage disruptive behavior. Oddly, classroom management tips are never discussed, its simply asserted that student conformity and obedience is the only way a classroom can function. This film is a rich wrinkle in the history of education when teachers strove for a uniformity and discipline that, for better or for worse, is absurd to consider today.